Two anti fracking protestors accused of failing to move for police have had the first hearing of their case at court.

Craig Wilson and Ian Kitching are alleged to have committed the offence while taking part in a protest against Cuadrilla fracking for shale gas at their site at Preston New Road, Westby.

Wilson, 51, and Kitching, 55, both of Hallam Way, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, are charged with taking part in a public assembly and failing to comply with a condition imposed by a senior police officer to move to the opposite side of the carriageway on February 20 this year.

The defendants were not present at court and the case was adjourned at their defence lawyer’s request to March 22.

Kimberley Tate, 27, possessing cocaine with intent to supply

A woman accused of having cocaine with a street value of almost half-a-million pounds in the boot of her car when she was stopped on the M55 at Blackpool has made her first appearance at court.

Kimberley Tate, 27, of Henderson Avenue, Normanton, Wakefield, is charged with possessing two kilos of the class A drug with intent to supply it on November 17 last year.

Prosecutor, Jim Mowbray, asked for the case to be heard at crown court.

Tate indicated she would plead not guilty to the offence.

She was bailed to appear at Preston Crown Court on April 12.

Melvyn Asprey, 52, assault and resisting arrest

A man threw chips at his girlfriend and poured two soft drinks over her head at a fast food restaurant at Blackpool.

Melvyn Asprey flew into a temper after accusing her of flashing her breasts at a table of men in the eaterie.